Centra College of Nursing Overview

Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, Centra College of Nursing is a private not-for-profit institution. Lynchburg is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Centra College of Nursing Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Centra College of Nursing is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Centra College of Nursing.
• In <nil>, 55% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Centra College of Nursing bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $59,641 a year. That's about 46% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Centra College of Nursing?

Contact details for Centra College of Nursing are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	905 Lakeside Dr., Suite A, Lynchburg, VA 24501
Phone:	434-200-3070
Website:	www.centrahealth.com

How Do I Get Into Centra College of Nursing?

You can apply to Centra College of Nursing online at: https://www.centrahealth.com/college

Admission Requirements for Centra College of Nursing

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Considered but not required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Neither required nor recommended
TOEFL	Neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Centra College of Nursing?

Centra College of Nursing has an acceptance rate of 83%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Can I Afford Centra College of Nursing?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Centra College of Nursing, approximately 67% of students took out student loans averaging $7,460 a year. That adds up to $29,840 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Centra College of Nursing is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Centra College of Nursing Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 304 undergraduate students at Centra College of Nursing, with 34 being full-time and 270 being part-time.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Centra College of Nursing students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Online Learning at Centra College of Nursing

In 2020-2021, 15 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Centra College of Nursing has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 49th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.